Bakery counters in Warsaw worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

Where to queue for bread and pastry

Lukullus (Mokotowska) ★ 4.7

Bakery$Mon-Sat 09:00-20:00, Sun 09:00-18:00Walk-in onlyWarsaw doughnuts and laminated pastry

Lukullus on Mokotowska in Warsaw is the third-generation Warsaw patisserie family business since 1946. Open mon-sat 09:00-20:00, sun 09:00-18:00.

Worth the queue: Paczek z roza (rose-filled doughnut)

ul. Mokotowska 52A, 00-543 Warszawa

A. Blikle (Nowy Swiat) ★ 4.5

Bakery$Mon-Sun 08:00-21:00Walk-in onlyWarsaw paczki, faworki, cream cakes

A. Blikle on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw has sold rose-filled paczki since 1869. Five generations of the Blikle family across 157 years, fifteen Warsaw locations.

Worth the queue: Paczek z konfiturowa roza

ul. Nowy Swiat 33, 00-029 Warszawa

Charlotte (Plac Zbawiciela) ★ 4.5

Bakery$Mon-Fri 07:30-23:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-23:00Walk-in onlyFrench boulangerie pastries

Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the French boulangerie that locals queue at from 07:30. Open mon-fri 07:30-23:00, sat-sun 09:00-23:00.

Worth the queue: Croissant au beurre

Aleja Wyzwolenia 18, 00-570 Warszawa

Piekarnia Lubaszka ★ 4.0

Bakery$Mon-Sun 06:00-20:00Walk-in onlyPolish sourdough rye and rolls

Piekarnia Lubaszka in Warsaw is the city-wide chain of Polish sourdough bakers, twenty-plus addresses pumping out rye loaves, paczki and savoury rolls.

Worth the queue: Chleb na zakwasie

ul. Pulawska 36, 02-512 Warszawa

Wedel Staroswiecki Sklep ★ 4.6

Bakery$Mon-Sun 09:00-22:00Walk-in onlyPolish chocolate and drinking chocolate

The Wedel old-fashioned shop on Szpitalna in Warsaw, opened in 1894 in Emil Wedel's tenement, sells chocolate bars, Ptasie Mleczko marshmallows.

Worth the queue: Hot drinking chocolate

ul. Szpitalna 8, 00-031 Warszawa

RANO Piekarnia Rzemieslnicza ★ 4.6

Bakery$Tue-Fri 08:00-15:00, Sat 08:00-13:00Walk-in onlySourdough wheat and rye, Praga craft bakery

RANO on Stalowa in Praga is the small craft bakery that supplies bread to a long list of Warsaw's better restaurants. Daily wheat sourdough, wheat with oats.

Worth the queue: Wheat sourdough loaf, Saturday 100% rye

ul. Stalowa 47, 03-425 Warszawa
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